President Trump’s Texas National Disaster Declaration in anticipation of Hurricane Harvey last week gave FEMA pre-disaster lead time to begin rolling out its disaster response services for Texas victims. As passed disaster victims have discovered, […]
PROJECT COPE: COALITION ON PATIENT EMPOWERMENT
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Houston Convention Center Medical Clinic for Hurricane Harvey Victims Opening Wednesday; Other HHS Relief Announced
Thousands of Texans sheltering at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston will have access to on-site medical care at a 250-bed Federal Medical Station established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human […]
Back To School Bullying Reminder
New and resumed interactions that accompany the start of a new school year create new bullying risks. The federal government and many states have laws and other rules that make bullying illegal or civilly actionable […]
Healthy Habits
What’s your favorite healthy hack?
Read Senate Health Reform Reform Proposal!
Senate Republican Leaders unveiled their proposal to reform Obamacare on Thursday, the “Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017.” Read the language and share your thoughts here or in our forums on Linkedin or Facebook.
Practice Pool Safety
Practicing water safety is critical!
When A Loved One Needs Assistance With Daily Living
While living in a well-run assisted-living or other support of residential living arrangement can provide many positive social, safety and healthcare benefit for patients with declining physical or cognitive abilities, most elderly and disabled individuals dread […]
Patient centric care works best!
Health care is about caring, not judging. Call To Action: Become a Project COPE Healthcare Hero Follow, like and share our articles and resources in this ProjectCOPE.blog, and follow, like, share your comments and ideas, […]
Protect Your Loved One From Abuse
Millions of elderly and disabled Americans live in nursing, assisted living and other care facilities. While patients and their families admit patients to these facility rightly expect these care providers to appropriately and safely care […]
Empowering Dying Patients Through Choice
The self-composed obituary of Sonia Todd is a touching reminder of the power and importance of patient choice even for patients facing death. The success of our health science and the ever extraordinary miracles […]
